Genetic and morphological variation of bee-parasitic Tropilaelaps mites (Acari: Laelapidae): New and re-defined species

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-24

  Anderson, Denis L ^a   Morgan, Mathew J ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CO I and ITS1 5.8S ITS2 gene sequences; Genetic variation; Host specificity; Tropilaelaps clareae; Tropilaelaps koenigerum; Tropilaelaps mercedesae n. sp.; Tropilaelaps thaii n. sp.

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; SPACER DNA;

GENETIC VARIATION; HONEYBEE; HOST SPECIFICITY; MITE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; MITE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEX RATIO; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; DNA, INTERGENIC; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; MITES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX RATIO; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHEAST SULAWESI;

ACARI; APIS DORSATA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; LAELAPIDAE; TROPILAELAPS; TROPILAELAPS CLAREAE; TROPILAELAPS KOENIGERUM;

EID: 34548693698     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-007-9103-0     Document Type: Article

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